Complete Streets Policy Framework - Vancouver€¦ · • Council receive for information the Citywide Complete Streets policy framework • Council approve amendments to the Street

City of Vancouver | Complete Streets Planning | 2017

Complete Streets Policy Framework


Recommendations:

• Council receive for information the Citywide Complete Streets policy framework

• Council approve amendments to the Street & Traffic Bylaw to facilitate street modifications to support Transportation 2040 safety and mode share targets, and delivery of more Complete Streets

• Council instruct the Director of Legal services to bring

forward for enactment amendments to the Street and Traffic By-law

Complete Streets

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Why Complete Streets?

• Help achieve Transportation 2040 targets on mode share

and safety

• Renewable City Strategy

o T.1.2 Enhance and accelerate the development of complete streets and green infrastructure

• Deliver better streets for all users and promote

sustainable transportation

Also Supported by

• Other Citywide policies:

• Greenest City Action Plan

• Healthy City Strategy

• Citywide Integrated Rainwater Management Plan

(IRMP)

• ATPC Motion

Complete Streets

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Transportation

Perspective

• Consider needs of

people of all ages &

abilities

• Integrate planning for

all modes of travel

• Ensure critical mobility

and access functions

are met

• Respond to local

context, and

connectivity and

reliability of the broader

transportation network

What are Complete Streets?

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Broader Perspective

• Bring a holistic lens to

street design

• Integrate seamlessly

land use, transportation,

urban design, green

infrastructure and public

space

• Promote public life and

deliver context sensitive

public realm

• Help create Complete

Communities

What are Complete Streets?

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• Ensure principled design process with improved multi-

modal designs

Benefits of a Complete Streets Approach




modal designs

• Help prioritize and scope projects for advanced planning





modal designs

• Help prioritize and scope projects for advanced planning

• Facilitate more integrated coordination and delivery




Complete Streets Principles

Adaptable • Flexible • Smart • Reliability

Green Infrastructure

• Storm-water Management

• Habitat • Street Trees

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Transportation

• Mobility • Accessibility • Safety

• Deliveries & Emergency

• All Users & Modes

• Curbside Management

Placemaking

• Land Use • Delightful • Sociable

• Vibrant • Weather Protection

• Contextual


Example of a Complete Street

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Not a one-size-fits all approach

Typologies informed by:

Street Typology and Network Considerations

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• Transportation function within

a broader network

o Major Road Network

(MRN)

o Truck Route & Truck Areas

o Transit (FTN)

o Greenways

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• Transportation function

within a broader network

• Available right-of-way

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• Type of street driven by land

use intensity and activity

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• Type of street driven by land

use intensity and activity

• Other factors that make a

street unique

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• First enacted in 1944

• Allows for motor vehicle

infrastructure:

o Mark and modify traffic lanes for

moving vehicles

o Designate and regulate parking

on streets

o Locating and establishing vehicle

traffic controls on streets

• But doesn’t allow for:

o Modification to improve walking,

biking and transit infrastructure

(per T2040)

Opportunity to Improve Delivery

Existing City Engineer Authority:

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Update City Engineer’s

delegated authority to

• Reallocate public right-of-

way for different modes and

uses

• Divert general motor vehicle

traffic from streets

• Reroute transit access onto

different streets

Allows for more efficient

delivery of improvements to

achieve T2040 targets


Recommended amendments to modernize the Street and

Traffic By-law

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4. (1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to: … “(d) designate by order streets or portions of streets as transit routes and streets or portions of streets that are to be used exclusively by one or more class of vehicles or traffic, and to order the installation or alteration of sidewalks, boulevards, lanes, or other infrastructure or devices to accommodate or facilitate such traffic or prevent any prohibited traffic.”

Recommended by-law amendments


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4. (1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to: … “(d) designate by order streets or portions of streets as transit routes and streets or portions of streets that are to be used exclusively by one or more class of vehicles or traffic, and to order the installation or alteration of sidewalks, boulevards, lanes, or other infrastructure or devices to accommodate or facilitate such traffic or prevent any prohibited traffic.”

Recommended by-law amendments

Commitment to

appropriate &

meaningful

consultation


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Identification and strategic prioritization of Complete Street Corridors:

Planning for Complete Streets

Improved Mode

Share and

Safety

Street Rehab

Coordination

Opportunities

Rapid Pace of

Redevelopment

Newly Constructed

Streets

Destination-

Rich Streets

Underused

Asphalt

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• Reallocating road space on

any major corridor,

particularly on destination-rich

streets with limited right-of-

way

• Delivering and coordinating

corridor-length improvements

through parcel-by-parcel

development

• Continuing interdisciplinary

approach to city building

Implementation Considerations

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Funding and Delivery

A range of treatments without adding significant capital costs:

• Coordinate to minimize cost

• Low cost treatments that can be implemented quickly

• Phasing towards higher quality and more permanent treatments

Potential funding sources remain the same & context sensitive:

• Capital Plan including Transportation Development Cost Levies (DCLs)

• Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) & Rezoning Conditions

• TransLink funding partnerships (MRN, cycling, walking to transit)

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Complete Streets Next Steps

Continue Complete Streets

Planning by:

• Communicating more

broadly our Complete

Streets Program

• Strategically identifying

potential corridors

• Leveraging development

review opportunities

• Coordinating with street

infrastructure renewal

• Prioritizing corridors for

design & implementation

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Global Designing Cities Initiative

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City of Vancouver is endorsing the NACTO

Global Street Design Guide to advance our

Complete Streets planning and the sustainable

street design community worldwide

NACTO Global Street Design Guide

• Improves dialogue with cities around the

world in creating a common vision for city

streets

• Highlights opportunities to rethink our streets

to improve public health, mitigate climate

change, enhance the local economy and foster

a vibrant public life


Questions & Comments

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Documents

Complete Streets Policy Framework - Vancouver€¦ · • Council receive for information the Citywide Complete Streets policy framework • Council approve amendments to the Street